Help: Ear is blocked from cold

[Bubbs]

Anyone have any tips for clearing out a blocked ear? Got a cold and it's been blocked for about an hour. Need some suggestions... hate this feeling.
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Drill it out.

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[Ste]

Hydrogen peroxide ear drops are good. But as it's Sunday afternoon and pharmacies are probably closed, you could water down some household bleach and use a few drops of that instead.

[plugger147]

Warm some olive oil and put a few drops in, should loosen any crap in there.....
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[ian789]

guaranteed to make your ears cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_xWpxtap0&translated=1

[L4Isoside]

Keep blowing yer nose, mine cleared eventually (hurt a little though) but was awesome afterwards..

[Dazbo666]

I remember having the warmed olive oil treatment when I was a kid... Not a particularly pleasant experience but I seem to remember that it was effective.

(Although if you were anywhere near me, I'm sure I have some prescription ear drops at home)
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[Misc]

Try sticking your head over some steam. Boil some water in a pan.

Although when i have a blocked ear/ear ache nothing helps other then proper ear drops.

[tvchimp]

[Ariel Badger]

Masturbate but at the critical moment put your thumb over the jap's eye. The back pressure will clear your ear.
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[Chris750]

I always syringe my own ears.

10-20ml syringe and some warm water. Keep the warm water going into your ear and eventually all the shit will come out with it.

[cyberglass]

Ive found microwaving a potato then wrapping it in a teatowel and holding it on you ear helps a great deal. Give it a try

Plus add a bit of cheese and you can eat the tatie afterwards
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[MarJay]

Warm olive oil dripped into the ear.
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[angryjonny]

Sorry... but I wouldn't expect many of the above to work. These are mostly remedies for ear wax (I have found syringing, hydrogen peroxide and scuba diving all good ways of clearing that out) but if you have a cold your problem is inside the ear in the tubes between the inner ear and the sinuses. Unless you've ruptured an ear drum there is no connection between the outside (where the wax lives) and the inside (that gets blocked when you have a cold).

Probably a decent decongestant is your best option. TV Chimp's Vicks-n-steam option may help. Just plain steam is better than nothing.

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